From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from iron2.midco.net ([24.220.0.72]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EznSF-0002ln-00 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:00:51 -0500 Received: from host-147-119-220-24.midco.net (HELO jerschmi2) ([24.220.119.147]) by iron2.midco.net with SMTP; 19 Jan 2006 22:00:50 -0600 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.01,203,1136181600"; d="scan'208"; a="272912630:sNHT19372493" Message-ID: <000f01c61d76$1fd97810$6401a8c0@jerschmi2> From: "Jeremy R Schmidt" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <001f01c61ca7$767f53d0$6401a8c0@jerschmi2> <20060120004245.GC16894@rednote.net> Subject: Re: yum repo Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:00:59 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:00:51 -0000 Hi, Can you tell me what repos you use, or can you attach your .repo files in a message to me? My yum didn't appear to work, gave errors when I ran it. Think my .repo files may have been old. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:42 PM Subject: Re: yum repo > No, you're way off base. > > Extras is not for updates. There are separate repos for updates. Extras > are just that, extra rpms not part of Fedora base. > > You should have repos defined in /etc/yum.repos.d, unless your yum is > very old. Your first action, in any case, should be: > > yum upgrade yum > > In particular, be sure to put: > exclude=kernel kernel-smp kernel-doc > > in your /etc/yum.conf, or you'll be wondering what happened to your > Speakup Modified kernel. > > > he yum FAQ is at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq > > Jeremy R Schmidt writes: >> Anyone know of a good yum repo to use? >> I'm going to try: >> ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/ >> >> Is this all I need if I want to install updates? >> I'm using fc4, and my kernel is a 2.6.13.x (the speakup modified one). >> The url I mentioned above appears to just be for extras, so wil I need >> to >> use a different site? >> >> If so, any recommendations? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and > Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >